Tag: Legal proceedings
Indiana expected to get $507 million from opioid settlement
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana will receive $507 million as part of a multi-state agreement to settle a lawsuit against opioid distributors designed to bring relief...
Men accused in Arbery’s death to get jury selection hearing
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A judge is expected to delve into the jury selection process at a hearing Thursday for the upcoming murder trial of...
Rights groups take French racial profiling case to top body
PARIS — Leading rights organizations and grassroots groups are taking France’s first class-action lawsuit targeting the nation’s powerful police machine to the highest administrative...
Co-conspirator of former Fall River mayor sentenced
BOSTON — An associate of the recently convicted former mayor of Fall River has been sentenced for his role in a scheme to extort...
South Dakota court orders sharing of crash victim’s records
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A judge overseeing the criminal trial of South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has ordered medical providers to turn over...
Blackhawks GM Bowman pledges to cooperate with investigation
Chicago Blackhawks executive Stan Bowman pledged Thursday to cooperate with an investigation into allegations that an assistant coach sexually assaulted two players in 2010.
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Attorneys: Dismissal exonerates mentally ill man in killing
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Attorneys for a mentally disabled Indiana man whose conviction in the 2002 slaying of a 94-year-old woman was overturned last...
Missouri Supreme Court reverses Medicaid expansion decision
The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday vacated a lower court's decision in the state's Medicaid expansion case, agreeing that the voter-approved plan to offer...
Washington Post reporter sues paper for discrimination
Washington Post politics reporter Felicia Sonmez sued the paper and several of its current and former editors for discriminating against her as a victim...
Suit says police held wrong woman at gunpoint, damaged car
WILMINGTON, Del. — A woman is suing Delaware State Police alleging that plainclothes officers in unmarked cars blockaded her in her car and held...